The Resistance to Poetry

by James Longenbach

Book Overview

Poems inspire our trust, argues James Longenbach in this bracing work, because they don't necessarily ask to be trusted. Theirs is the language of self-questioning-metaphors that turn against... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226492494
• ISBN13: 9780226492490
• Release Date: April 2004
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.5" x 8.5"